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To explore the photophysical properties of coordination compounds with bright blue fluorescence, an azomethin–zinc complex was synthesized and characterized by various techniques (elemental analysis, thermogravimetry, and IR–mass-spectroscopy). The crystal structure was determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. Through thermal characterization, this complex was proved to have good thermal stability. Photoluminescence spectra were recorded, both in solution and in the solid state, and the complexes showed noteworthy photoluminescence with a maximum in the blue region. The results of time-dependent density functional theory calculations indicated that the origin of luminescence for the title complex is a combination of monomer and excimer emissions. The light emission performance of the zinc complex in organic light emitting diodes was investigated, and the results indicated superior electroluminescence properties as a blue fluorescent light source (max. brightness 17 000 cd/m2, max. EQE = 5%).

An in-depth analysis of the electro-optical and light-emissive properties was carried out with a new fused heteroacene, the bis[(1,2)(5,6)]indoloanthracene. The compound was synthesized in a straightforward bidirectional manner from 1,4-dibromo-2,5-diodobenzene utilizing a reaction cascade of isomerization and cyclization sequences. Bis[(1,2)(5,6)]indoloanthracene exhibits bright luminescence with high quantum yield in solution as well as in the solid state. By using this novel semiconductor as active layer, an efficient organic light-emitting diode (OLED) has been fabricated for which its emission pattern resembles at least two emitters in a single emissive region originated from the same molecule. One has its origin from the single molecule and is similar to the luminescence spectra in solution, whereas the other functions through the formation of aggregates being similar to the emission pattern found with crystals of bis[(1,2)(5,6)]indoloanthracene. As a result, bright sky-blue OLEDs with very high luminance exceeding 10 000 cd/m2were obtained. Such color pattern and performance have not previously been observed with low molecular weight, electron-rich fused polycyclic aromatic compounds and indicate a promising new class of materials for development.

The starburst carbazole derivative and phosphorescent bis-cyclometalated iridium(III) complex (IC2) were used for the preparation of multilayered “warm-white” organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), the emission spectra of which are modulated by the thickness of the phosphorescent layer. It was shown that the electroluminescence spectra of the fabricated devices are more extended into the visible region compared with the photoluminescence spectra of both component materials. The observed extension of the electroluminescence spectra can be assigned to the phosphorescent emission of the low-energy exciplex formed at the interface of the emissive layers. The quantum-chemical calculations performed by the DFT and (TD) DFT methods support the formation of the low-energy triplet exciplex at the interface of the IC2layer and the neighboring layer of the starshaped carbazole-based compound, (4,4′,4″-tris[3-methylphenyl(phenyl)amino] triphenylamine, tri(9-hexylcarbazol-3-yl)amine (THCA). Indeed, the triplet excited state of such bimolecular complex corresponds to intermolecular charge transfer between IC2and THCA. The experimentally observed electrophosphorescence of these exciplexes is induced by strong spin–orbit coupling in the THCA:IC2complexes due to the Ir(III) heavy atom effect. With dependence on the iridium(III)-complex film thickness (5–9 nm), the CIE coordinates changed from (0.41, 0.41) to (0.52, 0.47), corresponding to the warm white and orange color. The brightness of the fabricated OLEDs at the 15 V bias was in the range from 500 to 6000 cd/m2.

Diphenilamino-substituted carbazoles were used as guest compounds for the preparation of highly efficient blue organic light-emitting diodes based on the phenomenon of delayed fluorescence. It was shown that the spectra of the delayed fluorescence of host–guest systems are identical to those of the prompt fluorescence and in general coincide with the photoluminescence spectra of the guest films. The congruence of the prompt and delayed fluorescence spectra is explained by the effective intermolecular triplet–singlet (T → S) energy transfer from the excited T states of the host to the S states of the guest molecules. High external electroluminescence efficiency of the fabricated electroluminescent devices, reaching 17%, is comparable to that achieved in phosphorescence-based organic light-emitting diodes.

Star-shaped carbazole-based compounds were synthesized by the Buchwald–Hartvig method. The materials were examined by various experimental and theoretical methods, including differential scanning calorimetry, UV spectrometry, electron photoemission, time-of-flight techniques, and DFT (B3LYP) calculations. The synthesized compounds showed high thermal stability with the initial weight loss temperature higher than 400 °C. The electron photoemission spectra of the layers of the amorphous materials showed ionization potentials of 4.9 eV. Tri(9-hexylcarbazol-3-yl)amine showed high hole mobility (μ = 10–3cm2V–1s–1at an electric field of 3.6 × 105V/cm). The star-shaped compounds were used for the preparation of bilayer white organic light-emitting diodes which combine emission from both excitons and exciplexes. The brightness of the white organic light emitting diode at 7 V is 300 cd/m2with current efficiency 2.3 cd/A and CIE coordinates (0.37, 0.35) which are very close to the equienergy white point (0.33, 0.33).